Comparison of nonplanar and coplanar PCB congener partitioning in seawater and bioaccumulation in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1517-1523

  Bergen, Barbara J ^a   Nelson, William G ^a   Pruell, Richard J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Coplanar congeners; Partitioning; PCBs

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 0029818908     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620150913     Document Type: Article

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